US Intelligence Says Chinese Shipbuilding Capacity Is Now 232 Times Greater Than The US

USN Warzone/The Drive: Alarming Navy Intel Slide Warns Of China’s 200 Times Greater Shipbuilding Capacity  

The Office of Naval Intelligence is sounding the alarm about the huge gap in U.S. and Chinese shipbuilding capacity and its implications.  

A U.S. Navy briefing slide is calling new attention to the worrisome disparity between Chinese and U.S. capacity to build new naval vessels and total naval force sizes. The data compiled by the Office of Naval Intelligence says that a growing gap in fleet sizes is being helped by China's shipbuilders being more than 200 times more capable of producing surface warships and submarines. This underscores longstanding concerns about the U.S. Navy's ability to challenge Chinese fleets, as well as sustain its forces afloat, in any future high-end conflict. 

In a statement to The War Zone, the U.S. Navy has confirmed the authenticity of the slide, seen in full below, which has been circulating online.  

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WNU Editor: China is also surpassing the US military in other areas .... China is edging out the US military’s advantage on tech (The Hill) 

US Intelligence Says Chinese Shipbuilding Capacity Is Now 232 Times Greater Than The US 

China has the capacity to build PLA combat ships at 200 times the rate that the US can, per leaked US Navy intelligence -- Insider 

Chinese shipbuilding capacity over 200 times greater than US, Navy intelligence says -- FOX News  

232 Times Greater Than US Navy, China’s Shipbuilding Prowess Eclipses The Might Of US – New Report -- EurAsian Times

China's Shipbuilders Are 200 Times More Capable Of Producing Surface Warships And Submarines Than The U.S.

Warzone/The Drive: Alarming Navy Intel Slide Warns Of China’s 200 Times Greater Shipbuilding Capacity  

The Office of Naval Intelligence is sounding the alarm about the huge gap in U.S. and Chinese shipbuilding capacity and its implications.  

A U.S. Navy briefing slide is calling new attention to the worrisome disparity between Chinese and U.S. capacity to build new naval vessels and total naval force sizes. The data compiled by the Office of Naval Intelligence says that a growing gap in fleet sizes is being helped by China's shipbuilders being more than 200 times more capable of producing surface warships and submarines. This underscores longstanding concerns about the U.S. Navy's ability to challenge Chinese fleets, as well as sustain its forces afloat, in any future high-end conflict. 

In a statement to The War Zone, the U.S. Navy has confirmed the authenticity of the slide, seen in full below, which has been circulating online.  

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WNU Editor: The Pentagon has confirmed the above slide. 

The above report confirms what I fear. If a war should break out between the US and China and it lasts for a period of time, the U.S. will be forced to use their nuclear arsenals to offset the conventional military advantages that favor China.

China Reveals Its Conceptual Blueprint For A Futuristic Warship

SCMP: China’s top naval scientist proposes a Star Wars-style ‘supership’ to convert nuclear energy to kinetic force weapons 

* Breakthroughs in electromagnetic launch technology pave the way for a nuclear-powered warship to carry rail gun, laser and high-powered microwave: Ma Weiming 

* Researchers do not say when the supership will be built, but say China is ready to take the idea from science fiction to the real world 

Rear Admiral Ma Weiming, who is key to the development of China's most advanced naval technologies, has revealed the conceptual blueprint of a futuristic warship which he says is unlike any ship the world had seen. 

"It will completely overturn the combat formation of naval fleets that has been in place for over a hundred years," he said in a peer-reviewed paper published in Transactions of China Electrotechnical Society journal on June 13. 

Currently, naval combat platforms around the world, aircraft carrier groups, have been made more complicated by the diversity of tasks they must perform. This makes it harder for them to coordinate their actions effectively. These vessels are also expensive to build and operate.  

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Update #1: China Building 'Star Wars'-Style Supership, Claims Report (NDTV)  

Update #2: China plans to develop ‘Star Wars’-style supership: Report (Hindustan Times) 

WNU Editor: Its just a concept, but China is dreaming big.

China's Navy Has Just Successfully Used An AI Warship Design Program To Do A Year's Work In A Day

Liaoning Carrier Battle Group in West Pacific waters (via Twitter)  

Daily Mail: Chinese military successfully uses AI WARSHIP design programme to do a year's work in a DAY as Beijing looks to create a navy more powerful than America's 

* AI perfectly navigated more than 400 complex design tasks, researchers said 

* Senior engineer claimed ship design was the key limiting factor to naval growth 

* Comes as US Navy Secretary warns China's navy is growing beyond US capacity 

A Chinese research team claims it used an AI programme to design the electrical system of a warship in a day - a task that takes a team of humans with advanced computer tools almost a year. 

A study published in China's journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing Systems last month said the AI designer completed all of its tasks with 100 per cent accuracy, breezing through complex design problems. 

China's Ship Design and Research Centre said the AI perfectly navigated more than 400 challenging design tasks, prompting leading senior engineer Luo Wei to declare the programme was 'ready for engineering applications' in China's shipbuilding industry to boost the speed of warship manufacturing.  

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 WNU Editor: If true, this is impressive .... A Chinese research team claims it used an AI programme to design the electrical system of a warship in a day - a task that takes a team of humans with advanced computer tools almost a year. 

China's Navy Has Just Successfully Used An AI Warship Design Program To Do A Year's Work In A Day   

China’s ‘AI Ship Designer’ Works At Unprecedented Speed; Performed A Year’s Work Only In 24 Hours! -- EurAsian Times 

In China, AI Warship Designer Nearly Did A Year's Work Within A Day -- Marine Insight  

China Using AI For Decisive Edge In South China Sea -- MENAFN 

China uses AI to gain upper hand in South China Sea -- Devsdiscourse

Is This China's New J-35 Stealth Fighter?

A pilot walks toward an unidentified aircraft in a promotional video on carrier-based pilot recruitment released by the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy on February 27, 2023. Observers say it could be China's next-generation carrier-based fighter jet. Photo: Screenshot of the PLA Navy promotional video  

SCMP: Does Chinese navy video offer glimpse of PLA’s new stealth fighter? 

* Aviation expert says the mysterious aircraft is either China's J-35 jet, with capabilities that rival the American F-35C, or a stealth drone 

* The plane appears in a military recruitment video aimed at training pilots for carrier-based warplanes 

A new video from the Chinese navy has offered a glimpse at what military observers said could be the country's next-generation stealth fighter with the some features surpassing those of the most advanced US warplanes. 

The mysterious aircraft appeared in blurred footage from a promotional video aimed at recruiting pilots for China's carrier-based fighter jets. 

The video was released by the Chinese navy on Monday. Chinese military aviation analyst Fu Qianshao said the aircraft in the footage could either be China's fifth-generation J-35 stealth fighter jet or a stealth drone.  

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Update #1: PLA Navy recruitment video gives first official glimpse of China's carrier-based stealth fighter jet (Global Times)  

Update #2: Navy video hints of new stealth aircraft (China Daily)  

WNU Editor: Concepts on China's sixth generation fighter jets are also circulating around .... Weekly Debrief: What Does A Concept Design Reveal About China’s Next Fighter? (Aviation Week).

For The First Time Ever The Chinese Navy Has Used An Amphibious Assault Ship In An Expeditionary Exercise

The Hainan, the first Type 075 amphibious assault ship of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy, sails in the South China Sea in 2021. Photo: Screenshot from China Central Television  

Global Times: PLA Navy holds 1st amphibious assault ship far sea drills in West Pacific 

The Hainan, the first Type 075 amphibious assault ship of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy, recently joined a flotilla and conducted a far sea exercise in the West Pacific, marking the first time that China has held an expeditionary voyage with a warship of this type. 

Such drills displayed the vessel's high level of combat readiness and the PLA Navy's amphibious landing capabilities in carrying out traditional security missions as well as non-traditional ones like anti-terrorism and humanitarian aid, analysts said on Thursday. 

The far sea joint training flotilla under the PLA Southern Theater Command Navy recently returned to base after successfully carrying out a combat training mission in the South China Sea and the West Pacific over 30 days and across more than 9,000 nautical miles, China Central Television (CCTV) reported on Thursday.  

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WNU Editor: The Chinese navy is also showing to the public its vast armada of auxiliary/supply ships .... PLA Navy auxiliary ships that support South China Sea frontiers make public appearance (Global Times). 

 Update: The Pentagon is taking notice .... US Navy laments China’s shipbuilding supremacy (Asia Times).

U.S. Navy Secretary Says China's Naval Fleet Is Growing And The US 'Can't Keep Up' With Warship Production

 

Daily Mail: China's naval fleet is growing and the US 'can't keep up' with the warship buildup as Beijing uses its sea power to project an 'increasingly aggressive military posture globally,' Navy Secretary warns 

* US Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro voiced concern in remarks on Wednesday 

* Said China has 340 active warships, compared to about 280 for the US Navy 

* Claimed US naval shipyards can't match the output of Chinese ones 

The US Secretary of the Navy has raised the alarm that China's naval fleet surpasses America's in number of ships, and is growing faster than the US has current capacity to match. 

'It is no secret that the People's Republic of China seeks to upend our dominance on the oceans across the globe,' said Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro in remarks at the National Press Club in Washington DC on Wednesday. 

Del Toro said that China's navy has recently added over one hundred combatants to its fleet, calling it 'a naval buildup that is a key component of its increasingly aggressive military posture globally.'  

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WNU Editor: China has responded to the US Navy Secretary's warnings .... US Navy chief ‘crying for funds’ by hyping China’s rapid shipbuilding capability (Global Times). 

U.S. Navy Secretary Says China's Naval Fleet Is Growing And The US 'Can't Keep Up' With Warship Production  

US can’t keep up with China’s warship building, Navy Secretary says -- CNN  

China outpacing US in warship production, Navy secretary warns -- FOX News  

China Can Produce Warships Faster Than Any Country; US Navy Struggling To Keep Pace With PLA Navy- USN Boss -- EurAsian Times  

America vs China: Who stands where, as US Navy secretary says it can't keep up with Beijing -- First Post

U.S. Military Leaders Are Worried About China's Naval Buildup And Its Shipyard Capacity

National Defense: ANALYSIS: Shipyard Capacity, China’s Naval Buildup Worries U.S. Military Leaders 

While U.S. military leaders exchange fire over what the next-generation of naval fleets will look like, the shipbuilding industrial base is treading water. 

Since 2016, the Navy has been working toward a 355-ship fleet goal as outlined in its long-term force structure plan. 

But Navy ambitions have been complicated by the Marine Corps’ modernization strategy, prompting back-and-forth between service leadership and lawmakers regarding future fleet size and structure. 

In addition, China’s more aggressive moves in the Indo-Pacific — especially considering Taiwan — is elevating the need for greater shipbuilding and maintenance capacity to meet demand, naval power experts said. 

Retired Adm. Phil Davidson, former commander of Indo-Pacific Command, predicted in 2021 that the following six years would see China’s threat to naval forces reach its height. 

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WNU Editor: I am always asked the question on how big is China's industrial base. I always say you have to see it to believe it. It is beyond massive. Check out this .... 15 Destroyers & 1 Aircraft Carrier Under Construction at China’s Jiangnan Shipyard (Naval News).

In regards to China's naval build-up. The infrastructure is there to mass produce Chinese warships at a rate that will take a few years for the US to match. 

On a side note. Check out the Chinese naval base below:

Qingdao naval base pic.twitter.com/MfMX4mkmRF

— 彩云香江 (@louischeung_hk) January 25, 2023

China's Large Warships Lack A Modern Medium-Range Ship-To-Air Missile System

Two Type 055 large destroyers, the Nanchang and the Lhasa, are moored at a naval port in 2021. File photo: Courtesy of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy  

Defense One: China’s Big New Warship Is Missing an Important New Weapon  

When will we finally see the HQ-26 missile? 

Last Christmas, the PLA Navy received a long-awaited gift when its seventh and eighth Type 055 destroyers entered service, completing delivery of its first batch of its lethal new class of warship. At roughly 13,000 tons, the Type 055s are Asia's biggest surface warships since World War II; the U.S. Navy classifies them as cruisers. However, despite impressive armaments, advanced radar systems, and other impressive capabilities, initial reporting indicates that the Type 055s appear to be missing a key weapon: the long-planned next-generation ship-to-air missile. 

Ten years ago, rumors began to circulate of Chinese plans for a greatly improved version of its Russian-derived HQ-16 medium-range ship-to-air missile system. The HQ-16 was based on the Russian 9K37 Buk, whose development Moscow began back in 1972. China’s current upgraded HQ-16B dates from 2011 and has a reported maximum range of 70 km. The anticipated HQ-26 was said to be roughly equivalent to the U.S. SM-3 missile used by the Aegis ballistic missile defense system. Reportedly, it would be able to destroy short- and medium-range ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and manned and unmanned aircraft out to 400 kilometers. 

This new HQ-26 interceptor seemed tailor-made for the Type 055, which is intended for use as a missile-defense ship. Yet when the lead ship of the class, the Nanchang, was commissioned in January 2020, we saw only the old HQ-16 system, accompanied by notable silence from China’s military enthusiasts. Almost three years later, some speculate the HQ-26 still remains a year or two from deployment.  

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WNU Editor: One thing that I have learned about the Chinese is that they are fast to learn and to adjust. I am sure their missile systems are going to be upgraded sooner rather than later.

Chinese Carrier Strike Group Conduct Live-Fire Drills In The South China Sea After US Warships Enter The Region

J-15s Onboard Shandong (Twitter)  

SCMP: South China Sea: PLA strike group holds live-fire drills after US warships enter region 

* Flotilla led by Chinese-made Shandong aircraft carrier performs 'confrontational exercises' as US Navy carries out training and anti-submarine activities 

* Defence experts say Beijing forced to be vigilant as Lunar New Year approaches because military tensions tend to escalate during festival periods 

A Chinese aircraft carrier strike group has conducted intensive live-fire drills in the South China Sea since the US Navy sent its USS Nimitz strike group to the area last week. 

The flotilla is led by the Shandong, China's first domestically built aircraft carrier, and includes a Type 055 stealth guided-missile destroyer and three guided-missile destroyers. 

The strike group began a series of confrontational drills in the South China Sea last week, the PLA Navy said on its WeChat account on Sunday.  

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Chinese Carrier Strike Group Conduct Live-Fire Drills In The South China Sea  

PLA aircraft carrier Shandong holds confrontational drills in South China Sea amid US carrier strike group's entry of region -- Global Times  

Chinese navy holds ‘confrontational drills’ in South China Sea -- Al Jazeera

Chinese Navy Conducts Live Fire Drills In South China Sea After US Warships Enter Region -- Republic World  

Striking Images Show China’s 2nd Aircraft Carrier Shandong & J-15 Fighters Performing Drills In South China Sea -- Eurasian Times  

Highlights of aircraft carrier Shandong's live-fire drill in South China Sea -- China Military

Chinese Navy Shows New Heavy-Lift Ship Carrier

The Yinmahu could serve as a makeshift dock for emergency on-site repair. Photo: CCTV © Provided by South China Morning Post  

SCMP: Chinese navy shows new heavy-lift ship carrier, revealing future role in wartime transport and vessel rescue 

* The Yinmahu is a semi-submersible heavy-lift ship that could ferry equipment and ships, rescue damaged vessels and serve as emergency repair dock 

* While Chinese state TV showed the ship doing various manoeuvres, it did not reveal the vessel's specifications or the trial locations 

The Chinese navy's new heavy-lift ship is ferrying other ships during trials as the People's Liberation Army ramps up its warship projection and rescue capability, state television reported. 

The Yinmahu, bearing the hull number 834, ran ship transport trials after travelling almost 1,000 nautical miles to several undisclosed locations recently, CCTV reported on Thursday.  

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WNU editor: This heavy-lift ship carrier can carry the Chinese aircraft carrier the Liaoning, which has a 60,000-tonne displacement and a 10-metre draft.

Images Emerge On Chinese Social Media Of A Barge Covered In Various Radar Reflectors And Antennas Protected By A Defense System That Is Found On Warships

Warzone/The Drive: Chinese Countermeasure Barge Covered In Radar Reflectors Emerges 

The barge, which is festooned with radar reflectors, antennas, defensive launchers, and other gear, first appeared in model form a year ago. 

Pictures recently emerged on social media of an interesting Chinese barge covered in various radar reflectors and antennas, and also equipped with a pair of Type 726-series defensive launchers that are used on various People's Liberation Army Navy warships. By all indications, the barge's main purpose is to support countermeasure and electronic warfare and related test and training activities, which could also support the development of new and improved weapons, sensors, and countermeasures. In some ways, it looks similar to decoy target barges that were used by Russia in efforts to protect the Kerch Strait Bridge in Crimea earlier this year.  

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WNU Editor: It looks like the Chinese are conducting exercises in countermeasures and electronic warfare. And this barge does have similarities to a barge that the Russian navy has deployed around the Kerch Strait Bridge to protect it from Ukrainian missile attacks (see image below).

Image from the Warzone

China Building At Least Six More Advanced Guided-Missile Destroyers For Its Navy

Images posted on the Chinese social media platform Weibo show five hulls of the Luyang III-class Type 052 destroyer under construction at the state-owned Dalian Shipyard in Liaoning province, northeast China

Daily Mail: China is building at least SIX more destroyers as part of Beijing's bid to develop a navy that can rival America's 

* Images show five hulls of Luyang III-class Type 052 destroyers being built 

* At least one more Type 052 destroyer is under construction near Shanghai 

* The six destroyers will join China's existing fleet of 25 Type 052 destroyers

China is building at least six more guided-missile destroyers as part of Beijing's bid to develop a navy that can rival America's, new evidence suggests. 

Images posted on the Chinese social media platform Weibo show five hulls of the Luyang III-class Type 052 destroyer under construction at the state-owned Dalian Shipyard in Liaoning province, northeast China. 

 At least one more Type 052 destroyer is being build at the Jiangnan Changxing shipyard, northeast of Shanghai, reports the defence site Naval News.  

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WNU Editor: China's military infrastructure is impressive. 

China Building At Least Six More Advanced Guided-Missile Destroyers For Its Navy  

Five Type 052D Destroyers Under Construction in China -- Naval News 

Destroyer photos offer clues about Chinese navy’s growing fleet -- SCMP  

China restarts mass production of Type 052D destroyers, media reports say -- Global Times  

‘Deeply worrying’ Xi boosts terrifying arsenal with SIX new destroyers in threat to Biden -- Express  

China is 'exponentially' increasing its warship capability -- WION  

Shipyard Image Exposes China’s Massive Naval Build-up -- Asia Financial

China's Shandong Carrier(CV-17) Battle Group Conducting Combat Training In The South China Sea

Chinese Navy's Shandong carrier(CV-17) battle group conducts actual combat training in the South China Sea. pic.twitter.com/nAKNlQibTS

— 彩云香江 (@louischeung_hk) August 24, 2022

WNU Editor: China having an airraft carrier group two decades ago was unthinkable. No more now.

China Holds Snap Naval Drills In Response To US Carrier Strike Group In South China Sea Traveling To Taiwan

USS Ronald Reagan spotted in the South China Sea today, followed by some Chinese warships. pic.twitter.com/QsobRNttmS

— Duan Dang (@duandang) July 28, 2022

Radio Free Asia: China holds new naval drills as US carrier transits South China Sea  

China often holds military exercises at short notice in response to U.S. naval activities in disputed seas. 

China has staged another military exercise off the back of a five-day large-scale drill near the Paracel islands–just as the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan docked in Singapore after spending over a week in the South China Sea. 

The U.S. carrier and its strike group were slated to visit Vietnam this month but the visit has been called off, said two Vietnamese sources with knowledge of the matter who wish to stay anonymous because they’re not authorised to speak to the media.  

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Update #1: China Holds Snap Military Drills In Response To US Carrier Entering South China Sea (Zero Hedge)  

Update #2: China and US deploy naval strike groups as Taiwan holds massive military drills amid war fears over Pelosi visit (The SUN)  

WNU Editor: Now is not the time to send a US carrier group to Taiwan. Tensions are already incredibly high, and from the Chinese perspective they feel they have no choice but to respond. I can only hope that the Chinese response will not be a reckless one that can quickly escalate into a disaster.

This Is The Warship The US Navy Should Be Worry About

China's type 055 guided-missile destroyer Nanchang in the Western Pacific on October 19, 2021. Sun Zifa/China News Service 

CNN: Never mind China’s new aircraft carrier, these are the ships the US should worry about 

China made a big statement about its naval ambitions with the recent launch of its third and most advanced aircraft carrier. 

The Fujian – by far China’s biggest, most modern and most powerful aircraft carrier to date – is the 80,000-ton jewel in the crown of a military expansion that has seen Beijing grow its navy into the world’s largest. 

Its new combat systems – such as an electromagnetic catapult-assisted launch system – show China is fast catching up with the United States, experts say, and will give it the ability to launch more aircraft, more quickly, and with more ammunition. 

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WNU Editor: Here is some more information on China's type 055 guided-missile destroyer .... Take a look at China's biggest destroyer, a $920 million cruiser that's said to be the 2nd most powerful in the world after the USS Zumwalt (Business Insider).

A Closer Look At China's Type 055 Destroyer

Two Type 055 large destroyers, the Nanchang and the Lhasa, are moored at a naval port in 2021. File photo: Courtesy of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy  

Business Insider: Take a look at China's biggest destroyer, a $920 million cruiser that's said to be the 2nd most powerful in the world after the USS Zumwalt 

* China has the biggest navy in the world in terms of number of vessels. 

* The Type 055 is the biggest destroyer class in China's People's Liberation Army Navy. 

* Chinese media has touted the ship as the second most powerful in the world after the USS Zumwalt. China has the world's largest navy in terms of total number of vessels. 

The Type 055 is the biggest destroyer class in China's People's Liberation Army Navy. China's navy has 355 vessels, outnumbering the US Navy's 297 vessels. 

China State Shipbuilding Corp. began building its biggest vessel — the Type 055 — in 2014. 

The Type 055 destroyers have been in service since 2020. 

The class of destroyers is also known as Renhai-class cruisers. As a multirole warship, it's equipped with weapons to counter missiles, ships, and submarines, according to the South China Morning Post. 

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Update #1: PLA Navy's Type 055 large destroyer Lhasa holds 1st far sea drills in Sea of Japan (Global Times)  

Update #2: New Chinese destroyer Lhasa on long-distance exercises in Sea of Japan (AP)  

WNU Editor: Today, there are six of them in service, though the Chinese navy has said it plans to expand the class to a fleet of 16 ships. 

Update #3: There is a lot of naval activity near Japan .... Japan tracks eight Russian and Chinese warships near its territory (CNN).

Comparison Of Chinese And American Carrier Islands

Comparison of Chinese and American carrier islands. Prefer the CV-18's island, radar and electronics are highly integrated.
（Image via wb/大包CG） pic.twitter.com/01WoLZkmZt

— 彩云香江 (@louischeung_hk) June 21, 2022

WNU Editor: It looks like the Chinese are onto something.

CG Of Chinese Navy Carrier Strike Group

Nice CG of Chinese Navy Carrier Strike Group 😎
(Video from wb/高山CG) pic.twitter.com/qYs50jsFQm

— 彩云香江 (@louischeung_hk) June 18, 2022

WNU Editor: ideo from wb/高山CG

China Launches Its First Domestically Designed And Built Aircraft Carrier

Drone footage shows the moment that the ship left the drydock - run by Jiangnan Shipbuilding Group, a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corp - before it was then moored on the pier

The Aircraft Carrier Fujian, also known as the Type-003, was launched in Shanghai, China, on June 17 2022. The aircraft carrier is comparable in size to the U.S. Navy's Nimitz and Ford classes. 

Daily Mail: China launches its first domestically designed and built aircraft carrier – similar in size to US Navy's giant Nimitz class - and named after province opposite Taiwan 

* Fujian is named after province which is located opposite to democratic Taiwan, which China claims in dispute 

* It is similar in size to US Navy's giant nuclear powered Nimitz class at displacement of 80,000 to 100,000 tons 

* China's third aircraft carrier and the first domestically designed follows Soviet-style Liaoning and Shandong 

China has launched its third aircraft carrier and the first one to have been designed domestically and built by the People's Republic. 

The Fujian - named after a province which is located opposite to democratic Taiwan - is of a similar size to the US Navy's giant nuclear powered Nimitz class and is part of China's plan to modernise its fleet. 

Launched in a Shanghai shipyard to great fanfare, it is more technically advanced then previous carriers.  

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WNU Editor: The tweet below is a history of Chinese naval aircraft carriers.

History of Chinese Naval aircraft carriers, from type 001 to type 003. The full video link is below, welcome to subscribe my youtube channel) https://t.co/q8MDIZnJsV
（Video fm CCTV & 中国军号) pic.twitter.com/lCWNSlse2d

— 彩云香江 (@louischeung_hk) June 17, 2022

 

China Launches Its First Domestically Designed And Built Aircraft Carrier  

China Launches The Fujian, Its Most Capable Aircraft Carrier Yet -- Warzone/The Drive 

China launches high-tech aircraft carrier in naval milestone -- AP  

China launches third aircraft carrier in major military milestone -- AFP  

China launches third aircraft carrier Fujian -- DW  

China launches third, most advanced aircraft carrier named ‘Fujian’ -- CNN  

China launches the Fujian, its largest and most advanced aircraft carrier -- UPI  

China Launches First Aircraft Carrier Which Rivals U.S. Navy’s -- Naval News  

China's Newest Aircraft Carrier Shows Xi Jinping Catching Up With US -- Bloomberg